NATION

PASSWORD

Dune RP - OOC and Signups

For all of your non-NationStates related roleplaying needs!

Should we change the name of the RP? If soo... What should it be?

No. Its fine as it is.
3
75%
Yes... (write OOCly what you have in mind!)
1
25%
 
Total votes : 4

User avatar
Harkback Union
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 17427
Founded: Sep 01, 2012
Ex-Nation

Dune RP - OOC and Signups

Postby Harkback Union » Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:03 am

IC: viewtopic.php?ns=1&f=31&t=282913
DUNE
Image



I wrote the perfect OP... IE crashed.

Here is something from Wikipedia instead:

More than 21,000 years in the future,[10] humanity has settled on countless habitable planets, which are ruled by aristocratic Great Houses that owe allegiance to the Emperor. Though many forms of science and technology have evolved greatly since the twentieth century, artificial intelligence and computers are prohibited. Due to the absence of these technologies, humans have adapted their minds to become capable of extremely complex tasks, including mental computing, a task undertaken by trained Mentats. The powerful, matriarchal Bene Gesserit, which hopes to further the human race through controlled breeding, and the Spacing Guild, which holds a legal monopoly on interstellar travel, both rely on the "spice" melange to facilitate their advanced mental abilities. The use of melange also improves general health, extends life and can bestow limited prescience.

As melange can be found only on the desert planet Arrakis, it is extremely valuable and is often used as currency. The CHOAM corporation, which determines the income and financial leverage of each Great House, controls allocation of melange. The Spacing Guild's Navigators depend on the prescience melange provides to safely plot the travels of their ships, called heighliners, enormous freighters capable of transporting people, goods, and non-interstellar spacecraft at faster than light speeds. The Bene Gesserit sisterhood depends on mental and physical abilities provided by melange, powers that are found to be even more advanced in Bene Gesserit Reverend Mothers, who have undergone a deadly ritual which unlocks their Other Memory, the ego and experiences of one's female ancestors. Due to Reverend Mothers' inability to access the memories of their male ancestors, the Bene Gesserit have a secret, millennia-old breeding program, with a goal of producing a male Bene Gesserit, called the Kwisatz Haderach. The Kwisatz Haderach would be capable of accessing all ancestral memories and could possess "organic mental powers" that can "bridge space and time".[11] With this Kwisatz Haderach under their control, the Bene Gesserit hope to better guide humanity toward their goals, and at the time of the novel they believe that this plan is nearing fruition.

The planet Arrakis itself is completely covered in a hostile desert ecosystem. It, however, is also sparsely populated by a human population of seemingly-native Fremen, ferocious fighters who have adapted to the harsh climate and secretly can ride the planet's giant sandworms. The Fremen also have complex rituals and systems focusing on the value and conservation of water on their arid planet; they conserve the water distilled from their dead, consider spitting an honorable greeting, and value tears as the greatest gift one can give to the dead. The novel suggests that the Fremen have even adapted to the environment physiologically, with their blood able to clot almost instantly to prevent water loss.[12] The Fremen culture also values melange, which is found in the desert and harvested with great risk from attacking sandworms, who are attracted to any rhythmic activity on the dunes. As they have done on other planets with populations considered to be superstitious, Bene Gesserit missionaries have implanted religions and prophecies on Arrakis that can be used to the advantage of any Bene Gesserit who may find herself on the planet. This manipulation has given the Fremen a belief in a male messiah, the Lisan al-Gaib, or "voice of the outer world." The Lisan al-Gaib is prophesied to one day come from off-world to transform Arrakis into a more hospitable world.



More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)
Mentats:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentat_(Dune)
Factions list:

House Falsen
Faction name - House Falsen
Faction type - Aristocratic house
Homeworld - Dannemand, a planet of temperate weather, maybe a bit cooler than earth on average. It has no want of water and actually has a pretty good reserve of minerals. One failing might be that by habitable planet standards not much of its land was good for farming but it tended to have enough for its modest population and is easily independent, with room for exports thanks to modern farming techniques. Due to a taste for aesthetics its ruling family has not tried to take full advantage of its natural assets and instead compromised with some industry but plenty of natural reserves and tried to space things out and suffer from little overcrowding outside of some select settlements.

Ideology- Respect, the house seeks to gain wealth, prestige and ultimately respect from the other houses. They have the aristocratic trappings you would expect. Spending money on presentation and maintaining an army larger than they have any right to command. They try to do things the best they can but individual members will also fold to pragmatism when they need to.

History- They try to trace their history thousands of years back but even they have to admit that like other houses they have little ability to confirm this. They've rarely been a big player in things before, not many breaks have been thrown their way and thus they're almost obscure however due to sitting back and developing their holdings, as well as profitable business with other planets they have managed to reach a spotlight of sorts. For the first time they have the kind of pull a great house has and they're playing up. They have a long history of working with the Ginaz Swordmasters and after the decline of the ginaz swordmasters, recruited many Sardaukar who had either defected (very rare) or finished their service. Taking on these kind of high fame advisors was costly but it has seen fruit recently with their military being compared favourably with both.


House Foltest
Faction name -House Foltest
Faction type - House of the Lansraad
Homeworld - Praxis
Ideology- HE WHO CONTROLS THE SPICE um no... ahem. Currently this is a matter of power. There were a pair of raids several years ago on a CHOAM safehouse, the attackers left with Navigator DNA,
History-
Important Characters- Baron Tenther Foltest- Patriarch of the house, 82, once dominated the Lansraad floor however he has grown senile and is gradually slowing down. Wife has died and this has led him to his current melancholy.
First son Huron Foltest-Charming and sharp, with a political mind, 34, Is standing in for his father as head of house however the lack of Lansraad presence is crippling.
Second son Nirax Foltest- Savage with a tactical mind that frightens those around him, 28, serves as head of military and keeps it in check with a steel fist and a quick knife-arm, known to rape men and women he has defeated.
First Daughter Sera Foltest-Beautiful and charming yet cold on the inside, 21, Currently training as a Bene Gesserit.
First Wife Maya Sylbi-Kind and protective of her husband, 31, Surprising that she also serves as spymaster and utilises her Bene-Gesserit training.
Mistress-at-Arms Hvardri Malack- Fremen woman defeated by Nirax, pledged alleigance to Nirax and serves as head at arms as one of few who could give him an even fight.
Mentats Grimm and Nomal Sirius- Twin Mentats and Grimm is rumoured to be a failed Kwisatz Haderach, both 51, serve as mentats for the house and seemingly have some telepathic link


House Arash - Viraliz
Faction name - House Arash
Faction type - Major House
Homeworld - Karres Prime.
Ideology- "Be like the shadow" is the official motto of House Arash. This means that they are to be swift in their actions, but still move with grace. They stalk their enemies in the open without being seen. As such they are a very secretive house which few people actually know about.
History- Will be added. House Arash began as a small assassination group on Karres Prime. This squad worked for the nobles on the planet killing them for money and managed to amass a large fortune. In the end the group became so rich they managed to buy themselves a very small noble title. Using this they used their skills to quickly rise among the nobles by blackmailing and murdering all who dared stand in their way. Eventually they were so high in standing that they were allowed to become the new rulers of the planet in case the current Major House were to be exterminated or fall out of favor with the Emperor or Landsraad. It was at this point the new scion of House Arash began the Year of A Thousand Blades. It was an entire year were House Arash were slowly killing anyone related to the Major House. In the end they were all exterminated and House Arash finally was promoted to a Major House.


Sardukar - (Ravenflight)
Faction name - Sardaukar
Faction type - (aristocrat house, Mentat faction, native tribe... one may also found the empire)Imperial Military Force
Homeworld -Selusa Secondus
Ideology-Total loyal to the strongest faction. They normal serve the empire. Probably a totally strict no rubbish Ideology with military ranks instead of normal house ranks
History-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardaukar probably everything you want to know


Spacing guild - Harkback Anyone
Faction name - The Spacing Guild

Faction type - Interstellar Merchants

Homeworld - none

Ideology - The Spacing Guild strives to achieve total monopoly over space travel. Many of it's members pursue nothing but wealth... but some of the high ranking mentats have become power hungry... They respect other members of the trust and share their profits. They also faithfully serve the emperor. They consider Space travelers who are not part of the organization as pirates who must be destroyed as soon as possible.

History - The Spacing Guild was founded 10000 years ago, shortly after the mass production of spice begun on Arrakis. Its main purpuse was to train mentats who can control spacecraft and use spice to bend spacetime to safely travel between words at great speeds. The Trust has grown over time. It now has dozens of Highliners - Enormous ships capable of transporting entire armies from one end of the known world to the other. By 10000 AG, they conduct more than 95% of space travel.


Thinking Machines - Gtech
Faction name - The Thinking Machines
Faction type - The Thinking Machines
Homeworld - Corrin, in ages past
Ideology- Efficiency. Order. The control of humanity for their own good, to save them from themselves.
History- Omnius once ruled most of the known cosmos except for the few League and Unaligned Worlds, before he was cast down over the course of the Butlerian Jihad and the Great Purge. He escaped the fires of war riding probes across the stars, one of which has landed on Arrakis. Erasmus-Omnius leads the Thinking Machines currently, a combination of the gesalts of the two fleeing the Battle of Corrin.


Main Character list:


Aligned:

Nogond Arash - Viraliz
Name, age, gender - Nogond Arash 27 years old male.
Faction - House Arash
skills - Cunning manipulator and trained assassin. Is very bad at conventional military tactics and instead relies on his assassin training to use his army as assassins instead of soldiers. He is very well versed in underhanded fighting techniques and similar methods of dirty fighting.
Starting Items - Two folding blades hidden in his sleaves that he pulls out when attacked. Has a blade in each shoe that extends from the tip of it which allows him to kill with his feet.
Appearance: http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs44/f/2009/ ... 96dacf.jpg
Background - Nogond is the current leader of the House Arash. They are a quite recent house with a specilization in assassination and similar missions.
As for Nogond he was bred to be the perfect assassin and leader of his house. As such he shows top level physical and mental attributes. As a young boy he was then trained by a Tielaxu face dancer in the art of disguise and assassination. It was under this time he managed to move his house from a minor one into a major one with their own planet.


Duke Erlend Falsen - Schwabenreich
Name - Duke Erlend Falsen
age - Fourty-two
gender - Male
Faction - Falsen

skills - He was, like many nobles raised with many private tutors in all manner of fields considered relevent to his future in ruling his house. He was trained in the traditional style of swordsmenship however he is ultimately an administrator. He is good at geography and numbers. He has learned in the important events in history and tries to look at precedent. He can use concealable weapons such as knives and small firearms. He carries a blade on him to pierce shields and knows how to move in one. He has a pretty good pokerface, though considering how necesary that is amongst the houses it might not be exceptional.

Starting Items - The right and legal authority over House Falsen. Access to its assets. A sword personally made and given to him by an instructor who had attained the rank of Ginaz Swordsmen. Full array of royal regalia. An analog pocket watch of some value, personalised and would easily be recognised as his particular watch were it seized from him.

Appearance - Kind of like Jürgen Prochnow in Das Boot and the first Dune film (he played Duke Leto), but his hair is already greying and a little more out of shape. His eyes formerly a dull grey are already starting to go blue due to a lifelong diet of Spice, though they glow not anywhere near as brilliantly as a fremen's.


Anders Falsen - Schwabenreich
Name - Anders Falsen
age - Twenty-three
gender - Male
Faction - (if any) Falsen
skills - engineering, subterfuge, dueling, organization
Starting Items - A significant allowance from House Falsen
Appearance - neck length blonde hair, often tied back. When not committed to anything official tends to grow a thin beard, basically when he has a time off.
Background - Anders is the eldest child of Duke Erlend Falsen however he is not within its secession. Anders was unlucky in that despite being the eldest he is also a bastard made with one of Duke Erlend's first loves before finally marrying his arranged bride, a different woman to his mother. Ander's early years were secretive, living with his mother out of the public eye, though rumours amongst the court were plenty. Eventually Erlend grew a conscience and recognised his child as his but the child's status as a bastard forever barred them from true inheritance. Instead Anders had to work every step of the way to be acknowledged as part of the family. There was some benefits, he was able to learn a diverse ammount of skills since he needed not be raised with the same strict and attentive upbringing of real royalty. He had a lot more freedom and had a lot of trust being raised within the household. His information collection is generally his strong point though he has a head of structure and the sciences. He is not as fully competent with mathematics as a mentat is but knows enough to compete in such a role. The true tragedy is that he would be a shining star of the family and the envy of every monarch were he born to the duchess.


Zoe Falsen - Max empire
Name, age, gender - Zoe Falsen, 22 years old
Faction - House Falsen
skills - Although groomed to be a cunning diplomat, Zoe is also considered a competent military leader. She has very litte experience when it comes to personaly fighting, but she is considered a good leader. Like her father, she has been tutored in many fields considered relevant to ruling a house. She is good with numbers and is considered a strategic genious when it comes to military combat.
Starting Items - A suitcase, pens, paper, a dagger, and a survival book
Appearance -
http://www.lustyfashion.com/stylish-hai ... nage-girl/
Background - Zoe is one of Duke Erlend Falsen's children. Although she looks very different from her father, something which many use to question her legitimacy, she is very ambitious and hopes to become heir to house Falsen. She can tell right from wrong to a certain degree and is a mercyful and just person, but shows no mercy when being crossed or backstabbed.

Huron Foltest
Name, age, gender - The 34 year old male, Huron Foltest
Faction - House Foltest
skills - Very Charming and Diplomatic, Politically minded, not awful in military matters, but relies on his Brother for that.
Starting Items - Military uniform, energy shield, knife, lasgun.
Appearance - steel blue eyes with black hair and complexion. wears military uniform and cuts quite a dashing figure. 6'4, 170lbs.




Unaligned:

shara J'hkckel - Ovon
Name, age, gender - shara J'hkckel, 20 year's old, female
Faction - (if any) none (she wander's from city to city)
skills - she can feel the worm's under the sand, and is a really handy with a sword.
Starting Items - basic clothing for a traveler of the dessert, a back pack with some spice, water, a sword, and a mask to keep the sand out of her face and to help her breath.
Appearance - she has brown eye's and black hear, she stand's 5'7, she has a tan do too her always being in the sun. she wear's a skirt with a top along with a hood to cover her from the sun, and she wear's traveling boot's.


Application:

You may apply as:
Leaders of factions
Members of factions
Independent characters
In your app, Include:

Name, age, gender -
Faction - (if any)
skills -
Starting Items -
Appearance - (images are welcome)
Background -


You may also create new factions.

Include:

Faction name -
Faction type - (aristocrat house, Mentat faction, native tribe... one may also found the empire)
Homeworld -
Ideology-
History-


Note: You may also post apps to replace Factions like the Spacing guild/Fremen/CHOAM.

If you think the app form I made is lacking, feel free to make new app forms for your selves.

Rules later
Last edited by Harkback Union on Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:49 am, edited 19 times in total.

User avatar
Harkback Union
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 17427
Founded: Sep 01, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Harkback Union » Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:15 am

Image

User avatar
Ovon
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1042
Founded: Apr 03, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Ovon » Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:18 am

sweet a dune rp!

Name, age, gender - shara J'hkckel, 20 year's old, female
Faction - (if any) none (she wander's from city to city)
skills - she can feel the worm's under the sand, and is a really handy with a sword.
Starting Items - basic clothing for a traveler of the dessert, a back pack with some spice, water, a sword, and a mask to keep the sand out of her face and to help her breath.
Appearance - she has brown eye's and black hear, she stand's 5'7, she has a tan do too her always being in the sun. she wear's a skirt with a top along with a hood to cover her from the sun, and she wear's traveling boot's.
Last edited by Ovon on Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:19 am, edited 1 time in total.
fire, fire everywhere


come on it wont hurt . . . I think.

User avatar
Harkback Union
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 17427
Founded: Sep 01, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Harkback Union » Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:24 am

Ovon wrote:sweet a dune rp!

Name, age, gender - shara J'hkckel, 20 year's old, female
Faction - (if any) none (she wander's from city to city)
skills - she can feel the worm's under the sand, and is a really handy with a sword.
Starting Items - basic clothing for a traveler of the dessert, a back pack with some spice, water, a sword, and a mask to keep the sand out of her face and to help her breath.
Appearance - she has brown eye's and black hear, she stand's 5'7, she has a tan do too her always being in the sun. she wear's a skirt with a top along with a hood to cover her from the sun, and she wear's traveling boot's.


The First app! Excelent! Now to make a character list.

User avatar
Ovon
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1042
Founded: Apr 03, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Ovon » Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:28 am

Harkback Union wrote:
Ovon wrote:sweet a dune rp!

Name, age, gender - shara J'hkckel, 20 year's old, female
Faction - (if any) none (she wander's from city to city)
skills - she can feel the worm's under the sand, and is a really handy with a sword.
Starting Items - basic clothing for a traveler of the dessert, a back pack with some spice, water, a sword, and a mask to keep the sand out of her face and to help her breath.
Appearance - she has brown eye's and black hear, she stand's 5'7, she has a tan do too her always being in the sun. she wear's a skirt with a top along with a hood to cover her from the sun, and she wear's traveling boot's.


The First app! Excelent! Now to make a character list.

i love dune, the book's and the movie's are great!!
fire, fire everywhere


come on it wont hurt . . . I think.

User avatar
Harkback Union
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 17427
Founded: Sep 01, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Harkback Union » Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:30 am

Uhh... If anyone has any questions, fell free to ask.
Also, Ovon, Do you want to become Co-op?

User avatar
Ovon
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1042
Founded: Apr 03, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Ovon » Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:31 am

Harkback Union wrote:Uhh... If anyone has any questions, fell free to ask.
Also, Ovon, Do you want to become Co-op?

hhmm. . . sure why not
fire, fire everywhere


come on it wont hurt . . . I think.

User avatar
Of planets
Diplomat
 
Posts: 993
Founded: Oct 26, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Of planets » Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:00 am

I'll just add a few things in, this is a quick start.

Faction name -House Foltest
Faction type - House of the Lansraad
Homeworld - Praxis. Praxia Prime is an Archipelago of arable islands, majority of food production takes place here on precious land while other work is mostly done on off-shore platforms. Praxia Secondus is quite the wasteland, it is a barren planet that freezes over most days, Praxia II's citizens live in large Syntax domes that insulates the interior, allowing comfortable life. Unregistered Syntax domes are used for warehousing the majority of unregistered objects in Foltest's inventory. Praxia Tertia is an opposite of II, it is a desert land that is reknowned for it's flowing dunes and blue sand. It is believed some form of mega-sized wildlife lived here although they died out long ago and have left behind only bones semi-buried in the sand.
Ideology- HE WHO CONTROLS THE SPICE um no... ahem. Currently this is a matter of power. There were a pair of raids several years ago on a CHOAM safehouse, the attackers left with Navigator DNA, House Foltest is attempting to create something that blocks space-folding, an ultimate defence if placed around Praxis.
History-House Foltest can, like many other houses, trace their lineage back to the AI revolt. The first Baron's contribution itself has been lost to time, however he was granted the Praxis system, with 3 terraformed planets of reasonable condition. The most famous Baron in Foltest history was Baron Adan Foltest, who was friends with an emperor and acted as Chancellor in between the old emperor's death and the new emperor's coming of age, before willingly giving up the position despite having numerous chances to seize the throne. Upon Adan's death, the emperor is quoted to have said "This man has carried me on his shoulders for 20 years, what can I do but carry him on mine for half an hour?" As he was one of the coffin bearers. The Foltest family has sent a small task force here under Huron, 6 Battalions with heavy air support and another 6 coming under Nirax. Due to The need for a land and sea capable military on Praxis, the air force is prominent and Foltest tactics rely on bombing the enemy before attacking directly with aerial deployed ground forces, Foltest military is very mobile and offence oriented.
Important Characters- Baron Tenther Foltest- Patriarch of the house, 82, once dominated the Lansraad floor however he has grown senile and is gradually slowing down. Wife has died and this has led him to his current melancholy. Remains on Praxia prime.
First son Huron Foltest-Charming and sharp, with a political mind, 34, Is standing in for his father as head of house however the lack of Lansraad presence is crippling. Has Arrived on Arrakis.
Second son Nirax Foltest- Savage with a tactical mind that frightens those around him, 28, serves as head of military and keeps it in check with a steel fist and a quick knife-arm, known to rape men and women he has defeated. Is at a staging ground on Praxia Secondus
First Daughter Sera Foltest-Beautiful and charming yet cold on the inside, 21, Currently training as a Bene Gesserit. Bene Gesserit training; almost completely unreachable
First Wife Maya Sylbi-Kind and protective of her husband, 31, Surprising that she also serves as spymaster and utilises her Bene Gesserit training. Is at Arrakis
Mistress-at-Arms Hvardri Malack- Fremen woman defeated by Nirax, pledged alleigance to Nirax and serves as head at arms as one of few who could give him an even fight. Has gone to Arrakis
Mentats Grimm and Nomal Sirius- Twin Mentats and Grimm is rumoured to be a failed Kwisatz Haderach, both 51, serve as mentats for the house and seemingly have some telepathic link. Nomal is at Arrakis, Grimm is at Praxia Prime.

Name, age, gender - The 34 year old male, Huron Foltest
Faction - House Foltest
skills - Very Charming and Diplomatic, Politically minded, not awful in military matters, but relies on his Brother for that, competent duelist but he is no standout.
Starting Items - Military uniform, energy shield, knife, lasgun, full access to Foltest equipment, troops and house members (If OP wants to play them then so be it, if not I will play them until anyone wishes to put an App up.)
Appearance - steel blue eyes with black hair and complexion. wears military uniform and cuts quite a dashing figure. 6'4, 170lbs.
Last edited by Of planets on Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:41 am, edited 6 times in total.
Please, call me Planets

My RPs
Major John J. Johnson
The Blue wizards
Elrond halfelven
Tarik Blepharon
Theo Bell, Archon of the Brujah
Lark The Unkillable
Father James Hooper
The Carpenter
Belthazar Cauk
Thorak The Ineffable
Magil Of The Shadows
John Sydney Addams
The Foltests
Grace Caballa
Felix Jaeger
Rohan

User avatar
Ovon
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1042
Founded: Apr 03, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Ovon » Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:33 am

interesting
fire, fire everywhere


come on it wont hurt . . . I think.

User avatar
Saragrossa
Minister
 
Posts: 2698
Founded: Jul 08, 2010
Ex-Nation

Postby Saragrossa » Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:51 am

Tag! Going to create a new faction!
" For Death & Glory "
Factbook of Saragrossa

Political Compass;

Economic Left/Right: -2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.69

User avatar
Harkback Union
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 17427
Founded: Sep 01, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Harkback Union » Tue Feb 04, 2014 12:57 pm

Saragrossa wrote:Tag! Going to create a new faction!

Swell! If you want to control the faction, please make a faction leader character too!

User avatar
Harkback Union
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 17427
Founded: Sep 01, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Harkback Union » Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:38 am

Of planets wrote:I'll just add a few things in, this is a quick start.

Faction name -House Foltest
Faction type - House of the Lansraad
Homeworld - Praxis
Ideology- HE WHO CONTROLS THE SPICE um no... ahem. Currently this is a matter of power. There were a pair of raids several years ago on a CHOAM safehouse, the attackers left with Navigator DNA,
History-
Important Characters- Baron Tenther Foltest- Patriarch of the house, 82, once dominated the Lansraad floor however he has grown senile and is gradually slowing down. Wife has died and this has led him to his current melancholy.
First son Huron Foltest-Charming and sharp, with a political mind, 34, Is standing in for his father as head of house however the lack of Lansraad presence is crippling.
Second son Nirax Foltest- Savage with a tactical mind that frightens those around him, 28, serves as head of military and keeps it in check with a steel fist and a quick knife-arm, known to rape men and women he has defeated.
First Daughter Sera Foltest-Beautiful and charming yet cold on the inside, 21, Currently training as a Bene Gesserit.
First Wife Maya Sylbi-Kind and protective of her husband, 31, Surprising that she also serves as spymaster and utilises her Bene-Gesserit training.
Mistress-at-Arms Hvardri Malack- Fremen woman defeated by Nirax, pledged alleigance to Nirax and serves as head at arms as one of few who could give him an even fight.
Mentats Grimm and Nomal Sirius- Twin Mentats and Grimm is rumoured to be a failed Kwisatz Haderach, both 51, serve as mentats for the house and seemingly have some telepathic link

Name, age, gender - The 34 year old male, Huron Foltest
Faction - House Foltest
skills - Very Charming and Diplomatic, Politically minded, not awful in military matters, but relies on his Brother for that.
Starting Items - Military uniform, energy shield, knife, lasgun.
Appearance - steel blue eyes with black hair and complexion. wears military uniform and cuts quite a dashing figure. 6'4, 170lbs.


Awesome! Although keep in Mind that the Fremen/CHOAM/Spacing Guild factions may be also altered to have different name and characteristics.

User avatar
Schwabenreich
Minister
 
Posts: 2259
Founded: Nov 24, 2009
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Schwabenreich » Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:39 am

I'm interested, a little intimidated, but interested. Not sure what I'd want to write up though, probably something related to the sardaukar. This seems to be around the beginning of the first book correct? Is there anything in regards to the setting I should know about?
Last edited by Schwabenreich on Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:41 am, edited 1 time in total.
"The sovereign represents the state; he and his people form but one body, which can only be happy as far as united by concord. The prince is to a nation he governs, what a head is to a man; it is his duty to see, think and act for the whole community, that he may procure it every advantage of which it is capable."-Friedrich der Große

User avatar
Harkback Union
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 17427
Founded: Sep 01, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Harkback Union » Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:45 am

Schwabenreich wrote:I'm interested, a little intimidated, but interested. Not sure what I'd want to write up though, probably something related to the sardaukar. This seems to be around the beginning of the first book correct? Is there anything in regards to the setting I should know about?


Well, the setting is the same but we will create a new plot... (new characters, factions... of course, nothing prevents you from bringing in factions/characters from the book.)
Last edited by Harkback Union on Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:47 am, edited 1 time in total.

User avatar
Schwabenreich
Minister
 
Posts: 2259
Founded: Nov 24, 2009
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Schwabenreich » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:22 am

Faction name - House Falsen
Faction type - Aristocratic house
Homeworld - Dannemand, a planet of temperate weather, maybe a bit cooler than earth on average. It has no want of water and actually has a pretty good reserve of minerals. One failing might be that by habitable planet standards not much of its land was good for farming but it tended to have enough for its modest population and is easily independent, with room for exports thanks to modern farming techniques. Due to a taste for aesthetics its ruling family has not tried to take full advantage of its natural assets and instead compromised with some industry but plenty of natural reserves and tried to space things out and suffer from little overcrowding outside of some select settlements.

Ideology- Respect, the house seeks to gain wealth, prestige and ultimately respect from the other houses. They have the aristocratic trappings you would expect. Spending money on presentation and maintaining an army larger than they have any right to command. They try to do things the best they can but individual members will also fold to pragmatism when they need to.

History- They try to trace their history thousands of years back but even they have to admit that like other houses they have little ability to confirm this. They've rarely been a big player in things before, not many breaks have been thrown their way and thus they're almost obscure however due to sitting back and developing their holdings, as well as profitable business with other planets they have managed to reach a spotlight of sorts. For the first time they have the kind of pull a great house has and they're playing up. They have a long history of working with the Ginaz Swordmasters and after the decline of the ginaz swordmasters, recruited many Sardaukar who had either defected (very rare) or finished their service. Taking on these kind of high fame advisors was costly but it has seen fruit recently with their military being compared favourably with both.

Name - Duke Erlend Falsen
age - Fourty-two
gender - Male
Faction - Falsen

skills - He was, like many nobles raised with many private tutors in all manner of fields considered relevent to his future in ruling his house. He was trained in the traditional style of swordsmenship however he is ultimately an administrator. He is good at geography and numbers. He has learned in the important events in history and tries to look at precedent. He can use concealable weapons such as knives and small firearms. He carries a blade on him to pierce shields and knows how to move in one. He has a pretty good pokerface, though considering how necesary that is amongst the houses it might not be exceptional.

Starting Items - The right and legal authority over House Falsen. Access to its assets. A sword personally made and given to him by an instructor who had attained the rank of Ginaz Swordsmen. Full array of royal regalia. An analog pocket watch of some value, personalised and would easily be recognised as his particular watch were it seized from him.

Appearance - Kind of like Jürgen Prochnow in Das Boot and the first Dune film (he played Duke Leto), but his hair is already greying and a little more out of shape. His eyes formerly a dull grey are already starting to go blue due to a lifelong diet of Spice, though they glow not anywhere near as brilliantly as a fremen's.


Faction members and royal family characters to be fleshed out in future if approved.
Last edited by Schwabenreich on Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:56 am, edited 1 time in total.
"The sovereign represents the state; he and his people form but one body, which can only be happy as far as united by concord. The prince is to a nation he governs, what a head is to a man; it is his duty to see, think and act for the whole community, that he may procure it every advantage of which it is capable."-Friedrich der Große

User avatar
Harkback Union
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 17427
Founded: Sep 01, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Harkback Union » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:29 am

Schwabenreich wrote:You may also create new factions.

Include:

Faction name - House Falsen
Faction type - Aristocratic house
Homeworld - Dannemand, a planet of temperate weather, maybe a bit cooler than earth on average. It has no want of water and actually has a pretty good reserve of minerals. One failing might be that by habitable planet standards not much of its land was good for farming but it tended to have enough for its modest population and is easily independent, with room for exports thanks to modern farming techniques. Due to a taste for aesthetics its ruling family has not tried to take full advantage of its natural assets and instead compromised with some industry but plenty of natural reserves and tried to space things out and suffer from little overcrowding outside of some select settlements.

Ideology- Respect, the house seeks to gain wealth, prestige and ultimately respect from the other houses. They have the aristocratic trappings you would expect. Spending money on presentation and maintaining an army larger than they have any right to command. They try to do things the best they can but individual members will also fold to pragmatism when they need to.

History- They try to trace their history thousands of years back but even they have to admit that like other houses they have little ability to confirm this. They've rarely been a big player in things before, not many breaks have been thrown their way and thus they're almost obscure however due to sitting back and developing their holdings, as well as profitable business with other planets they have managed to reach a spotlight of sorts. For the first time they have the kind of pull a great house has and they're playing up. They have a long history of working with the Ginaz Swordmasters and after the decline of the ginaz swordmasters, recruited many Sardaukar who had either defected (very rare) or finished their service. Taking on these kind of high fame advisors was costly but it has seen fruit recently with their military being compared favourably with both.

Name - Duke Erlend Falsen
age - Fourty-two
gender - Male
Faction - Falsen

skills - He was, like many nobles raised with many private tutors in all manner of fields considered relevent to his future in ruling his house. He was trained in the traditional style of swordsmenship however he is ultimately an administrator. He is good at geography and numbers. He has learned in the important events in history and tries to look at precedent. He can use concealable weapons such as knives and small firearms. He carries a blade on him to pierce shields and knows how to move in one. He has a pretty good pokerface, though considering how necesary that is amongst the houses it might not be exceptional.

Starting Items - The right and legal authority over House Falsen. Access to its assets. A sword personally made and given to him by an instructor who had attained the rank of Ginaz Swordsmen. Full array of royal regalia. An analog pocket watch of some value, personalised and would easily be recognised as his particular watch were it seized from him.

Appearance - Kind of like Jürgen Prochnow in Das Boot and the first Dune film (he played Duke Leto), but his hair is already greying and a little more out of shape. His eyes formerly a dull grey are already starting to go blue due to a lifelong diet of Spice, though they glow not anywhere near as brilliantly as a fremen's.


Faction members and royal family characters to be fleshed out in future if approved.


Of course! Would you like to allow other players to RP characters in your house?

User avatar
Calces millia
Diplomat
 
Posts: 944
Founded: May 20, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Calces millia » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:33 am

I want to join, but I'm afraid that I know nothing about Dune. I'll probably try to make an app, but don't blame me if in the end I don't create anything
"Let me get this straight, you think surrendering, and offering yourself will stop the war? How arrogant. The life of each human is worth one, that’s it. Nothing more, nothing less."
- FMA: Brotherhood

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations."

User avatar
Schwabenreich
Minister
 
Posts: 2259
Founded: Nov 24, 2009
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Schwabenreich » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:36 am

Harkback Union wrote:Of course! Would you like to allow other players to RP characters in your house?


Thats fine, less work for me.

I'm not sure how big I want his direct family to be or what kind of people I want in his military so if people throw up a good concept for one or more of them I'd be cool with that. I am kind of going for scandinavian themed names but its a diverse galaxy so I'll try not to restrict names to that.
"The sovereign represents the state; he and his people form but one body, which can only be happy as far as united by concord. The prince is to a nation he governs, what a head is to a man; it is his duty to see, think and act for the whole community, that he may procure it every advantage of which it is capable."-Friedrich der Große

User avatar
Harkback Union
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 17427
Founded: Sep 01, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Harkback Union » Wed Feb 05, 2014 5:41 am

Schwabenreich wrote:
Harkback Union wrote:Of course! Would you like to allow other players to RP characters in your house?


Thats fine, less work for me.

I'm not sure how big I want his direct family to be or what kind of people I want in his military so if people throw up a good concept for one or more of them I'd be cool with that. I am kind of going for scandinavian themed names but its a diverse galaxy so I'll try not to restrict names to that.


Its ok... altough its easy to confuse the names of the 2 houses. Perhaps one of you should come up with a new name.

User avatar
Ovon
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1042
Founded: Apr 03, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Ovon » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:49 am

look's like more people are coming in . . . that mean's it will be more fun.
fire, fire everywhere


come on it wont hurt . . . I think.

User avatar
Harkback Union
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 17427
Founded: Sep 01, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Harkback Union » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:50 am

Calces millia wrote:I want to join, but I'm afraid that I know nothing about Dune. I'll probably try to make an app, but don't blame me if in the end I don't create anything


The 3 paragraphs in the op are more than enough to gasp the setting...

User avatar
Harkback Union
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 17427
Founded: Sep 01, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Harkback Union » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:51 am

Ovon wrote:look's like more people are coming in . . . that mean's it will be more fun.

We can't start until there are at least 6 people. I may Sign up as the Emperor if nobody minds...

User avatar
Ovon
Ambassador
 
Posts: 1042
Founded: Apr 03, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Ovon » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:55 am

Harkback Union wrote:
Ovon wrote:look's like more people are coming in . . . that mean's it will be more fun.

We can't start until there are at least 6 people. I may Sign up as the Emperor if nobody minds...

go for it
fire, fire everywhere


come on it wont hurt . . . I think.

User avatar
Ravenflight
Powerbroker
 
Posts: 9070
Founded: Jan 15, 2013
Ex-Nation

Postby Ravenflight » Wed Feb 05, 2014 7:54 am

Oh my god YES!!!
I'm PANGENDER
ONE NATION TORIES ARE 1% SUPPORTERS
By our Ancestors, For our Children. Join the Viking Party
My Political Beliefs
Senator Daniel Björn

User avatar
Harkback Union
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 17427
Founded: Sep 01, 2012
Ex-Nation

Postby Harkback Union » Wed Feb 05, 2014 7:58 am

Important! I updated the OP.
I will RP as the Spacing guild if noone else wants to...

Next

Advertisement

Remove ads

Return to Portal to the Multiverse

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Cylarn, G-Tech Corporation, Google [Bot], Mount Qaf, Rudaslavia, Shohun, The Empire of Tau

Advertisement

Remove ads